Job Summary

This position serves as the Business Manager and Administrative Officer (AO) within the Behavioral Health Service Line (BHSL) at the VA Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center and Clinics (VA SORCC) in White City, Oregon. As a member of BHSL leadership team, the BHSL AO performs in the direct support of the BH ACOS and is responsible for the management and coordination of administrative operations for the service line.

Job Description

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet time-in-grade and specialized experience requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement, 11/29/2024. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Coordinating and administering oversight of all policies, program and operations of a service; developing and executing all business operations and administrative functions within a department and it's programs; monitoring the performance of business and administrative functions regarding quality, efficiency, effectiveness, and patient satisfaction; identifying areas of improvement and designing processes to implement improvements; overseeing and directing work production; prioritizing work depending based on priorities, national requirements, and needs of the service; providing supervision of staff including hiring actions, disciplinary actions, awards, investigations, and promotions; monitoring expenses, tracking budget execution functions, analyzing, and forecasting funding requirements, identifying cost saving opportunities, preparing budget proposals, and advocating for needed resources. Experience must be clearly reflected in your resume. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. Transcript Required. OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond the first 2 years of graduate level education (36 semester hour). Experience must be clearly reflected in your resume. Transcript Required. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Communications Customer Service (Clerical/Technical) Data Management Financial Management Leadership Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: The work is sedentary. It occasionally requires carrying of light objects such as files, books and papers; and some waling, standing and bending. No special physical qualifications are required intermittent travel is required. May require overnight travel to meetings/conferences/training sessions. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.